Thumbs up, down: Emmett goes to Rice, Texas lands PGA
Alumnus Ed Emmett ’71, who will teach at Rice and be a senior fellow at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, was given a “thumbs up” by the Houston Chronicle’s editorial board. Alumna Annise Parker ’78, a former fellow at Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders and former mayor of Houston, is also mentioned, and President David Leebron is mentioned in Off the Kuff.Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 8 print edition.) http://bit.ly/2rsQauHEmmett to teach at RiceOff the Kuff http://bit.ly/2zQ76zU

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Snap! The local HOA just captured your license plate number
Stephen Klineberg, professor of sociology and founding director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted in an article about the growing number of communities installing license plate readers to deter property theft.San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription is required.) http://bit.ly/2G5pR7S

Williston family-run drug testing lab among top in country
An article mentions that Robert Howard is the former liaison scientist between Rice, the University of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas.U.S. News & World Report (This article also appeared in the Minot Daily News and the Bismarck Tribune.) http://bit.ly/2G9XOED

HOUSTON/TEXAS

Bush’s legacy reaches beyond presidency
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is featured in a Q&A about the late President George H.W. Bush’s legacyHouston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Dec. 9 print edition and a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.) http://bit.ly/2rtuzlQ

Rice University to launch second boot camp program
An article mentions that Rice is partnering with Trilogy Education to launch a part-time cybersecurity boot camp. David Vassar, assistant dean for Professional and Executive Programs at the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, is quoted.Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) http://bit.ly/2B5LT4Yhttp://bit.ly/2GjPgL8

A lack of state income tax does not a low-tax state make
Jennifer Rabb, director and fellow of the McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is cited in an op-ed about Texas tax policy.Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Dec. 9 print edition.) http://bit.ly/2G7qaPy

Flood effort to test county
Jim Blackburn, a professor in the practice of environmental law and the co-director of Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center, is quoted in an article about Harris County’s flood protection bond program.Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Dec. 9 print edition, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.) http://bit.ly/2rqy3Wm

‘America has changed Islam’: A woman runs for the board of Houston’s largest Muslim organization
An article mentions that Texas has the largest population of Muslims in the U.S., according to Zahra Jamal, associate director for community engagement at Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 9 print edition with a different headline, “Woman bids for seat on board of Houston’s largest Muslim group.”) http://bit.ly/2rwanzI

Houston’s venture capital ecosystem growth depends on telling our story
Jack Gill, professor in the practice of entrepreneurship at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business who spoke at the 2018 Houston Exponential Capital Summit, is featured and pictured. Rice’s plan to redevelop the historic Midtown Sears building and its surrounding area into an innovation district in collaboration with other Houston agencies and institutions is mentioned.Texas Medical Center News (This article was featured in the Dec. 10 edition of the TMC Today newsletter, and it appeared in a previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.) http://bit.ly/2UtFHN3

We lost a trio of real Houstonians [Editorial]
President John F. Kennedy’s “Moon Speech” given at Rice Sept. 12, 1962, is mentioned.Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in the Dec. 9 print edition with a different headline, “Salubrious City.”) http://bit.ly/2UsZegA

Bush embraced easygoing life at A&M
Rice is mentioned.Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Dec. 8 print edition and previous edition of Dateline when it was first posted online.) http://bit.ly/2GiPnXI

Houston Community College buys $12.5 million land in Katy for new campus
Rice’s Lovett Hall is pictured in a slideshow.Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required.) http://bit.ly/2rwlGrS

Top 9 things for kids in Houston this Week: Dec. 10 to 16, 2018
A weekly events roundup mentions that the Houston Children’s Chorus will perform the “Kids & Christmas Pops Concert” Dec. 15 at Stude Hall at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music.365 Things To Do in Houston http://bit.ly/2E9LTE3

BROADCAST

KTRH-AM (Houston)
Kenneth Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is featured in an interview.http://bit.ly/2G7nAZS

‘The Rush Limbaugh Show’
A radio broadcast mentions that former President Barack Obama spoke at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s 25th anniversary celebration.KFBK-AM (Sacramento, Calif. This segment aired on over 550 affiliate radio stations across the U.S.) http://bit.ly/2GbMHep

‘News 9 Midday’
A television broadcast and an article mention that a portable planetarium called the Curiosity Dome was developed by Rice and the Houston Museum of Natural Science.WTOV-TV (Wheeling, W.Va.) http://bit.ly/2Gm4JL5Curiosity Dome makes way to Indian Creek Middle School WTOV Online (A similar article also appeared in The Review.) http://bit.ly/2G9NsVc

TRADE/PROFESSIONAL

Light finds new way to interact with gold nanoparticles
An article about Rice researchers who discovered a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in their experiments with gold nanoparticles quotes Stephan Link, professor of chemistry and computer and electrical engineering, graduate student Lauren McCarthy and alumnus Kyle Smith. Peter Nordlander, the Wiess Chair in Physics and Astronomy, professor of electrical and computer engineering and professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is mentioned.Materials Today http://bit.ly/2zQmTPl

Russia to invest $5B in Venezuela’s oil industry: Maduro
Francisco J. Monaldi, fellow in Latin American energy policy at the Center for Energy Studies, the Mexico Center and the Latin America Initiative at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and a lecturer in energy economics at Rice, is quoted.Kallanish Energy http://bit.ly/2ROQvnd

Oil prices show increasing momentum amid oil production cut
Michael Maher, senior program adviser for the Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted in an article about rising oil prices.China.org.cn (This article also appeared in Xinhua.)https://on.china.cn/2Qm0nrK

Rice University archive shines a light on South Texas’ Jewish History
A blog post mentions that Joshua Furman, the Stanford and Joan Alexander Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies and director of Rice’s Houston Jewish History Archive, is preserving the history of the Jewish community in South Texas. The archive is housed at the Woodson Research Center at Rice’s Fondren Library.Democratic Underground Blog http://bit.ly/2UspUOl

Method to transfer entire 2D circuits to any smooth surface
Research by materials scientists Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and a professor of chemistry, and Jun Lou, associate chair and professor of materials science and nanoengineering, who have developed a method to make atom-flat sensors that seamlessly integrate with devices to report on what they perceive, is featured.Rock In Science http://bit.ly/2B7YMeM

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

Colombian immigrant at Clark High is living his American dream
An article featuring Pablo Alarcon mentions that he received a full scholarship to Rice from QuestBridge, whose National College Match program pairs high-achieving students from families with limited resources with prestigious universities.Las Vegas Sun http://bit.ly/2L7J1ci

America’s best and worst cities for public transit
Christof Spieler, senior lecturer of architecture and author of “Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit,” is featured.Mental Floss http://bit.ly/2RQatxK

How Second City is using comedy to teach empathy in the workplace
Eden King, associate professor of psychology, is quoted in an article about workplace anti-harassment training.The Daily Herald http://bit.ly/2B2zAGA

After recovering from a stroke, Jim McLatchie coached Summit girls cross-country to a national title
Alumna Carol McLatchie is featured and pictured.The Bulletin http://bit.ly/2PtkUp5

Hurlbut, Jasanoff, Sana: Genetically-altered babies a scientific bridge too far – Charleston Gazette-Mail
Several articles about gene editing in humans mention Michael Deem, the John W. Cox Professor of Biochemical and Genetic Engineering and a professor of physics and astronomy, and that He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claimed he produced the first genetically engineered twins, attended Rice.Charleston Gazette-Mail http://bit.ly/2rrsHtJ

SPORTS

Ogwumike’s big game helps Rice win at Prairie View
An article features the Rice women’s basketball team, which defeated Prairie View A&M University 68-58 Dec. 8. Owls Erica Ogwumike and Lauren Grisby are mentioned.Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also in the Dec. 10 print edition, and it appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) http://bit.ly/2rw32jUhttp://bit.ly/2BYsXqq

Ex-Rice football coach David Bailiff hired by Texas A&M-Commerce
Former head football coach David Bailiff, who is Texas A&M University-Commerce’s new head coach, is featured and pictured.Dallas Morning News http://bit.ly/2RSTYRKBailiff named coach as Division II Texas A&M-CommerceFox Sports (This Associated Press article appeared in more than 50 other media outlets.) https://foxs.pt/2ROR544David Bailiff hired as 20th head football coach at Texas A&M University-CommerceLion Athletics (Similar articles also appeared in 10 other media outlets.) http://bit.ly/2rsegWq‘Fox 26 Morning News Weekends 6 a.m.’KRIV-TV (Houston) http://bit.ly/2rtNGvZA&M-Commerce hires ex-Rice coach Bailiff Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article appeared in the Dec. 10 print edition.) http://bit.ly/2rwEV4A

TCU is in the market for a grad transfer QB — who should they look at?
Rice football player Jackson Tyner, who announced he will transfer after the spring semester, is featured.SB Nation http://bit.ly/2RT54Gp

Ed Oliver becomes UH’s first 3-time All-American
The Sept. 1 football game between Rice and the University of Houston is mentioned in a slideshow caption (image 2).Houston Chronicle (Subscription is required. This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) http://bit.ly/2rsVSwDhttp://bit.ly/2ru6oDK

UCSB grinds out home win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff
An article mentions that the Rice men’s basketball team will play against the University of California, Santa Barbara Dec. 15.Noozhawk http://bit.ly/2PwNgyQ

Trojans can’t climb out of big hole
An article featuring the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s women’s basketball team mentions that the Trojans were defeated by Rice Nov. 17.Northwest Arkansas Gazette http://bit.ly/2ElOImk